Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
मार्कण्डेय उवाच । पुरा शप्तो मुनीन्द्रेण दक्षेण किल भारत । असेवनाद्धि दाराणां क्षयरोगी भविष्यसि
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | purā śapto munīndreṇa dakṣeṇa kila bhārata | asevanāddhi dārāṇāṃ kṣayarogī bhaviṣyasi
Mārkaṇḍeya dit : Jadis, ô Bhārata, Soma fut certes maudit par le grand sage Dakṣa : «Parce que tu ne t’unis pas comme il convient à tes épouses, tu seras atteint de la consomption, le mal qui consume».
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-cycle (contextual frame)
Type: river
Listener: Bhārata (addressed as ‘O Bhārata’—a royal/heroic interlocutor within the frame narrative)
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya narrates the ancient curse: Dakṣa, austere and radiant, pronounces a śāpa upon Soma, whose lunar glow appears diminished, foreshadowing wasting disease.
FAQs
Neglect of one’s dharmic responsibilities leads to downfall, while the Purāṇas also point toward remedies through repentance and sacred means.
Indirectly Somatīrtha, since the curse narrative sets up Soma’s later purification and siddhi at that site.
No explicit rite; the verse states the ethical cause (asevana) behind the curse and resulting affliction.